Sanitary lavatory-cover.



L. 01 WHITE.

SANITARY LAVATORY COVER.

APPLICATION FILED mms. 1911.

Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

.M n m 3 LEON 0. WHITE, or HENDERSON, ivomrn- CAROLINA.

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Specification of Letters Patent; Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

Application filed January 15, 1917. Serial No. 142,482.

3 therein to the accompanying drawing.

1 Fig. 3.

This invention relates to a toilet seat cover and has for its object theproduction ofa cover formed from a single sheet of paper or othermaterial, which is specially constructed to prevent a splash while thebowl of the toilet is being used.

Another object of the present invention is the production of an'efiicient seat cover, which will be automatically removed fromthe seatof the toilet as soon as'the toilet is flushed.

With these and other objects in view this invention consists of certainnovel cohstructions, combinations and arrangements of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In thd drawings: V

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the lavatory. i

Figw is a section taken. on line 2-2 of Fi 1. v 3 is a plan view of thelavatory seat cover.

Fig. i is a plan view of the blank from which the lavatory seat cover isformed.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of the lava-- tory seat cover.

Fig. 6 lsga section taken on line 6 6 of Fig. 7 is a. planiviewof amodified form of the lavatory seat cover.

By referring to the drawings, it will be seenthat 1. designates thelavatory bowl which is provided with the usual seat 2. The presentinvention has a special reference to a lavatory seat cover which isindicated by the numeral 3 and illustrated in detail perspective in Fig.5. This cover 3 is preferably formed from'a blanl sheet of tissue paperor other suitable pliable ma terial Which-may be found advisable foruse. The cover is formed from a blank sheet of material andis providednear the center cilitating the discharge versely extending strip 5 and adove-tail tongue 6 is cut from the outer forward edge of the strip 5 andthis strip 5 is adapted to be folded back upon the body 3 and the'tongue 6 is then folded up through the aperture 7 formed by the cuttingof the ribbon or strip at from the body 3. This structure is clearlyillustrated in detail in Fig. 6 of the drawings. It should be understoodthat the dove-tail tongue 6 by being fastened in the manner set forth,will constitute an eilicicnt reinforcement for the forward or frontportion of the side portion just at a point where the greatest.- straintakes placef As clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings,which show the device in a position for actual use, it will be seen thatthe ribbon or strip 4: of the paper which is spirally cut from the sheet3 extends down into the bowl and the shoe 8 of the spiralribbon or stripl is adapted to rest upon the surface of the Water 9 placedwithin thebowl 1. It should be understood, however,

that the spiral ribbon or strip t may extend from any portion of theouter circumfer-- ence of the aperture 7 without departing from thespirit of the invention, for it is not absolutely necessary'that thespiral ribbon or strip ishould extend fromone side of the aperture suchasi'llustrated in Fig.3,

although it is preferable to have the devihe constructed in accordancewith the illustration. disclosed in Fig. 5 of the drawings. It should befurther understood that the shoe 8 is adapted to fit directly under thecenter of the opening 10 formed in the seat 2 and for this reason willprevent the splash within the bowl 1. It should befurther understoodthat owing to the construction of the spiral ribbon or strip 4, theflushing of the bowl will cause the seat cover to be autothe spiral i Asillustrated in Figs... 3 and 4. of the drawings, the body 3 may beprovided with a perforated or scored line 11 extending across the rearof theistrip 4 so as to cause the same to be readily torn or ripped assoon asthe bowl is flushed, thereby tearing the seat cover into onearrow strip for fa.-

iif the cover through the. outlet of the bowl.

As shown in Fig. 7 city the drawingsgthe I -ibbon or strip 4 andpullthe: cover 3 down into the bowl.

matically .drawn into the bowl and be-easil'y discharged therefrom forthe reason that the spiral tongue 4' may be formed rectangular or in anysuitable or desirable shape and it. should be ul'iderstood that wherethe town spiral ribbon or stri p is employed in the fol lowing claims,that it is intondor'i that the term should cover a tongue ribbon orstrip which is spirally constructed whether the same should be forn'iedsubstantially rec-- tangul'ar or substantially circular.

It of course, should. be understood that these core-rs may be supportedprior to use within any suitable or "desired receptacle or may bemounted in apadlike form.

What claimed is:

1. .As a new article of: manufacture, a sanita ry toilet seat coverformed of a single piece of pliable material provided with a spirallyout strip formed from said body and adapted to hang below said body.

2. As anew article of manufacture, a sani tary toilet seat cover formedfrom pliable material and provided with a tongue out spirally therefromand adapted to hang be low the normal level of said cover.

A sanitary toilet seat core-r formed fronrpliabie material and providedwith a spirally out strip adapted to hang: below the normal level ofsaid cover, the lower end of said stri p adapted to rest upon the watercarried within the toilvt bow and said on ver provided with a.reinforecd forward. end.

4. A sanitary toilet seat cover fori'ne-d from pliable material. and,provided with a spirally out strip adapted to hang below the I1or1nallevel of said cover, the lower end of said, strip adapted-t0 rest uponthe water curried within the toilet bowl said. cover provided with atransversely extending roinloroing strip bunt baclnvurdly across thfront odor of said cover, said transversely extending roini'i'nringstrip provided with a dm'irtuil tongue out therefrom, and saiddove-tail. tongue being bent hackwardly upon said body and (-ixtondingthrough the aperture formed by the cutting of said spiral strip fromsaid COVGI for firmly holding said reinforcing strip in a set position.4

5. A sanitary toilet seat cover formed from pliable material and.provided. with a spirally out strip adapted to hang below the normallevel oi? said cover, the lower end of said strip adapted to rest uponthe Water carried within the toilet bowl, said coverprovided with atransversely extending reinforoim strip bent backwardly across the frontof said, cover, said transversely extending reinforcing strip providedwith a dovetail tongue out therefrom, said dovetail tongue bei 'ig bentbackwu rd ly upon said l'mdy and extending through the aperture formedbyiiho cutting of said spiral strip 'i'roni said CU'HI' for firmlyholding said reiniorcing strip n a set position, and said coverproviderl with angularly extending perforations p rojroting across therear end thereof for ixnrmitring said cover to be torn into a narrowstrip.

In testimony whereof I hereunto allix my signature.

